Tag: train travel
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Giving up on Chinese for… Russian?
As I mentioned in my previous post, I hadn’t done much reading in English this semester because I had another thought: why not read in another language? To which you might respond “Chinese, right?” Well, no. You see, I’ve got kinda fed up with Chinese. Not only is learning Chinese difficult, it’s made more difficult…
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Winter Vacation Has Ended
So I’m back in Beijing with yet another winter vacation behind me and a few more cities in China covered. This vacation was basically divided into three or four parts: Northeastern China (Shenyang, Harbin / Harbin, and Dalian), Beijing (my parents decided to come visit me this year), Middle China (Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou) and then South…
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Snirt, books and the Silk Route
I neglected to mentioned what Beijing winters are like. Dry and windy is probably the best way to describe them. I once asked my students if Beijing got snow or rain. They replied “No”. Instead? Pollution! Anyway, it’s not true that Beijing doesn’t get snow but it doesn’t happen very often. However, as one expat put it, given…